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And still, everything is new, although I am now almost given month on board. Not that this time is running faster, but still has all gone pretty quickly. I'm still not really used to the uniform, will also never happen, which I'm not in the picture! But otherwise I've known some of the procedures on board. And I already find my cabin itself, also ne performance! CrewBar and clear.

But actually, it went quite quickly find their way with the geographical. And yes, I had two weeks to familiarize myself with everything familiar. Uwe, who has been looking forward to his well-deserved Christmas holiday has incorporated me. Two weeks, at least more than nothing. And, since now already almost two weeks, I am responsible for everything that goes on here so nem Kommunkation modern ship technology is necessary.

This is quite challenging, if only because it may take me well for a novice for two days until I find out where and why the switch has to be there. Although plans are for (almost) everything, but sometimes scanned the cable diagrams of 13 storeys to the right details. Without experience here everything takes a bit, but you have plenty of time actually.

For what I can not do today, I make sure tomorrow. So clear to me that was never before, but here is on board each day worked. Every day, whether Sunday or bank holiday or a Monday. It always means getting up at 7, it always means 18h evening dinner. Only the ship's departure adds a little variety into everyday life, I have to check at different times if everything is ok on the bridge. So sometimes even after 18h, or earlier. So that we can run safely. And between 18h and 7h I'm ready, I may run wenns beeps on the bridge ...

Now, the regularity of operations is crass, sounds a bit like jail, and sometimes feels that way. But I should not complain, basically I've got a lot of freedoms. I can on land, when my work allows the representation and ne is there. And I'll soon be making times, yet was always something going on, after 4 weeks still not made a step in the Caribbean country. (Oops, just give out some games for 20 minutes, yeah)

Otherwise, life on board is ok, the colleagues are nice, I'm coming along well with most (usually I'm quite fond of pointing, but there remains a feeling ...). Above among the guests, I am not blowing around like me is too formal and I do not feel really like in my spare time when I have to go running around in uniform. For the crew gibts CrewBar ne, which is quite ok. Not really original, but there are cheap alcohol (Beck, Radeberger). So something like 0815-ne corner bar in the outskirts NEM. And because every day pub is not so hot too, I often spend the evenings at my cabin and NEN-looking film and a sleeping there. Internet is not really, some terminals with WWW access, hmmm. Regardless, I have come to realize the days are short anyway when you're working, somehow. And sometimes there are even free Wi-Fi from the shore, to one juhuuu!

Leisure, so to some extent (is not that much), work is also ok. As always start new people on board, nobody here is surprised that there really rumspringt without a long-standing experience in between. Only the captain - "Sad little king of a sad little hill" - blinged with daily regularity on around me. This sucks, I finally do ne good work and can do nothing if the technology to talk on strike even there. Thus, the wage of a stressful day is often the explanation from the boss of the whole, one can precisely nothing. He must know. Regardless, yes I get money, probably just something to endure. And yes there are other kings, but have you heard the part should be more blatant, brrr.

So, everything is new. Much is lost in the old year, not me. And I have not really changed me, perhaps externally. And I am glad that my memory of the other world fades out as not so fast, I'm already a little homesick. You can know that much of what I / I have left many degrees so at home would have liked with me. Does not work, but soon ... for sure!

You first a wonderful new year, me a little later and I will not forget, even though I can not write in the blog here as often as thought. Keep me first in uniform-free good Erinerung - Greetings from Grenada.

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Yes, that fits so again - time for the upcoming Liftoff is my computer from a light. Good old Thinkpad X31, just once last Saturday turned off the display. So, better the backlight turned out and I stood in darkness. It was clear after a few latest gesurfe that most notebook displays with CCFL tubes are illuminated, and it needs a inverter , the magic from the Notebook Voltage High Voltage. The better done breaks.

Well, luckily there is a reasonable hardware manual for the X31 in the network, that computer disassembled and looked to see what is installed for an inverter in there. Then back and forth to the type designation (91P7315) and quickly sought new inverter still NEN ordered . With super extra costs can deliver and now I'm sitting here in the queue. Would come at any moment, or tomorrow or something. And hopefully everything will glow again, otherwise I still must tinker purely ne new tube, but where did get that fast? We will see ...

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